Google quietly dropped the use of the + (plus) symbol to link search items in a move the Mountain View, Calif. company says will simplify the process of Boolean searching, according to Iain Thomson.

One of the many challenges government agencies and their employees face is finding the information they need, when they need it, and having confidence the information is correct, up to date and they ...

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